[Precise SRU][PATCH 0/1] Build failure with CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY=m

[Tim Gardner]

On 05/28/2012 04:21 PM, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Luis Henriques
> <luis.henriques at canonical.com> wrote:
>> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005264
>>
>> == Precise SRU Justification ==
>>
>> Current kernel FTBFS if power_supply is set as a module.  This has never
>> been an issue as its built-in into the kernel.  It fails with:
>>
>>  "sysfs_create_link_nowarn" [drivers/power/power_supply.ko] undefined!"
>>
>> as this symbol is not exported into modules.
>>
>> == Fix ==
>>
>> Upstream commit 93278d151e7bd35ccd0e083d7f2d8123cbaf36f8 fixes the build
>> failure.
>>
>> == Impact ==
>>
>> Impact shouldn't be very high.  Only users building the kernel from source
>> and setting this as a module.
>>
>> == Test Case ==
>>
>> Build the kernel, setting CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY=m in the configuration.
>>
>> Anton Vorontsov (1):
>>  power_supply: Drop usage of nowarn variant of sysfs_create_link()
>>
>>  drivers/power/power_supply_core.c |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> --
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
>>
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> 
> This style is wrong. You are duplicating Ben Hutchings efforts.
> Somebody need to talk to Debian.
> 

Do you mean that Luis should have sent this to Ben for inclusion into
3.2.y stable ?

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com